Grants Workshop

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Grants Workshop
Thomas Bryant Grants Director (205)
558-3997 tbryant_at_alabamahumanities.org
www.alabamahumanities.org
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Our Mission
To foster learning, understanding, and
appreciation of our people, communities, and
cultures.
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Who We Are
As the state affiliate of the National Endowment
for the Humanities, AHF encourages and promotes
appreciation of literature, history, law,
philosophy and the arts through programs, events
and grants to help others discover and share the
meanings of life found through the humanities.
Founded in 1974 as a vehicle for awarding
grants to grassroots organizations in Alabama,
2014 marked AHFs 40-year anniversary.
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What We Do
Offer opportunities to explore the humanities
through free, public programs such as seminars,
workshops, lectures, exhibitions, documentary and
films. Initiate major programs and events in
support of humanities topics and collaborate with
other organizations to advance the humanities in
both the academic and public arenas. AHF is
driven to enrich and enhance the lives of
Alabamians.
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AHF Grants

• AHF awards grants solely to support free public
  humanities projects.
• Three essential ingredients of a grant 1) active
  public participation, 2) involvement of
  humanities scholars, and 3) strong humanities
  content.

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Who Qualifies for AHF Funding?

• Libraries
• Schools, colleges universities
• Arts cultural organizations
• Civic clubs
• Museums
• Public or Private
• Non-Profit

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Project Formats

• Reading Discussion
• Lecture/Discussion
• Film Television Documentaries
• Community Forums
• Teacher Workshops
• Exhibitions

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AHF Does Not Fund

• Projects not open to the general public
• Projects requiring an entrance fee
• Food, beverages, and audience transportation
• Individual research or creative projects
• Fundraising events
• Interest on loans, fines, penalties, and/or
  litigation costs
• Institutional planning or construction
• Investments of any kind
• Freestanding publications
• Projects which have a sectarian or religious
  purpose

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• Deadlines Feb. 15, June 15, Sept. 15
• Mini 1,500 In-Kind Match 11
• Major 7,500 In-Kind Match 11
• Media 2,000 Research Development
• 10,000 Production
• 21 3rd Party, Non-Federal Cash Match
• Timelines

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• Contact AHF Grants Director to discuss proposal
• Preliminary Application due 6 weeks before
  deadline
• Register with Foundant online application service
• http//www.alabamahumanities.org/grants/applicat
  ion/
• Apply at least 3 months prior to event date
• Award notification Mini 1 month, Major 2
  months

Grant Basics
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A Strong Grant Proposal

• Humanities are central
• Scholars and experts are central
• Targets the general public / broad reach
• Promotes interpretive / critical thinking
• Encourages dialogue
• Creative
• Collaborative
• Well developed budget
• Catalytic

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Grant Recipient Project Title Grant Type
Alabama Public Television Journey Proud Media
Alabama Prison Arts Education Project Teaching Humanities Behind Bars Public Discussion
Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities Macon County History and Culture Mini
Historic Chattahoochee Commission The Creeks and Their Trail of Tears Life and Legacy Public Discussion
Red Mountain Writing Project Red Mountain Writing Project Summer Institute Teacher Project
ArtsRevive CDC Spider Martin Retrospective Exploring the Role of Photojournalism Exhibition
Historic Bethel Baptist Church Community Restoration Fund It Began at Bethel Bethel's Role in the Modern Civil Rights Movement Public Discussion
Moundville Archaeological Park Moundville Archaeological Park 75th Anniversary Symposium Series Public Discussion
H. Grady Bradshaw Chambers County Library Cobb Memorial Archives World War I Remembering the Forgotten War Mini
Northeast Alabama Community College Bringing It Home Utilizing Local History in the K-12 Classroom Mini
Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center People and Place in History and Song Mini
Birmingham AIDS Outreach Family Matters LGBTQ Youth Perspectives Exhibition
Fairhope Film Festival 2nd Annual Fairhope Film Festival Panel Discussions Public Discussion
Friends of the Alabama Archives ArchiTreats 2015 Speaker Series Public Discussion
Wallace Community College History, Art, and Legacy of the Gee's Bend Quilters Public Discussion